DISTILLATION REPEAL ORDINANCE.

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume I, Issue 11, 21 December 1844, Page 4

DISTILLATION REPEAL ORDINANCE.

[Waits for Royal Confirmation. Preamble. Ordinance for prohibiting Distillation t ecited. — Whereas by an Ordinance enacted by the Governor of New Zealand, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof (Session 1., No. 5), intituled " An Ordinance for prohibiting the Distillation of Spirits within the Colony of New Zealand," all distillation of spirits from grain, sugar, molasses, fruits, or any other materials whatsoever, and all rectifying and compounding; [hereof, within the colony of New Zealand faid, its dependencies were prohibited, and divers provisions were made for the purpose of epforcing the aforesaid enactment, and it is expedient to repeal the said Ordinance : be it enacted by the Governor of New Zealand, with the advio and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, that the said recited Ordinance shall be repealed. 1. No Compensation allowed if Ordinance repealed. — Provided always, and be it enacted, that no person who shall enter into or carry on the business of a distiller shall be entitled to any compensation for any loss that he may sustain by reason of this Ordinance being disallowed by her Majesty, or being at any time repealed by the Legislative Council of the colony, or by any law that may be enacted for the prevention of distillation within the colony. 2. Commencement of Ordinance. — This Ordinance shall not come into operation until it shall have received the royal confirmation, and the notification of such confirmation shall have been made in the Government Gazette, by order of his Excellency the Governor of New Zealand for the time being.